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News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and MoreTue, 03 Mar 2015 18:22:37 +0000en-UShourly1Scientist honored as Vermeer aficionadohttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/national/scientist-honored-vermeer-aficionado/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scientist-honored-vermeer-aficionado
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/national/scientist-honored-vermeer-aficionado/#commentsThu, 17 Jul 2014 07:59:20 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=600156A Japanese molecular biologist with a love of the works of 17th century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer has been recognized by the museum that houses one of his most renowned paintings. The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague, home to Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” recently named Shinichi Fukuoka, 54, one of […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/take-pride-in-mending-dark-past-u-s-scholar-tells-japan/feed/2Abe praised for pragmatism, warned on ‘comfort women’http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/21/national/abe-praised-for-pragmatism-warned-on-comfort-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abe-praised-for-pragmatism-warned-on-comfort-women
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/21/national/abe-praised-for-pragmatism-warned-on-comfort-women/#commentsWed, 20 Feb 2013 15:20:29 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=165105Gerald Curtis, a veteran scholar of Japanese politics, has predicted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take a pragmatic approach to running his government, but cautioned that the “comfort woman” issue has significant bearing not just for Tokyo’s relations with its Asian neighbors, but also its ties with Washington. In a recent interview with Kyodo News, […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/21/national/abe-praised-for-pragmatism-warned-on-comfort-women/feed/0Britain feared a revival of militarism after Mishima’s suicidehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/03/national/britain-feared-a-revival-of-militarism-after-mishimas-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=britain-feared-a-revival-of-militarism-after-mishimas-suicide
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/03/national/britain-feared-a-revival-of-militarism-after-mishimas-suicide/#commentsWed, 03 Jan 2001 00:06:23 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/03/%news_category%/britain-feared-a-revival-of-militarism-after-mishimas-suicide/LONDON — The dramatic suicide by Japanese writer and nationalist Yukio Mishima after his failed attempt to foment a coup in 1970 triggered British concern about a revival of militarism in Japan, according to 30-year-old declassified British documents released on New Year’s Day. The papers, dispatched by the British Embassy in Tokyo immediately after Mishima’s […]